Sentences with phrase «republican ally»

When the film focuses on Gore's personal touch — cracking jokes with an unlikely Republican ally, or showing off photos in his large, empty Tennessee home — it works as a kind of oblique profile in sacrifice.

In a scene - stealing appearance Tuesday, Cuomo delivered the news about the SUNY hub after the State of the County address delivered by his Republican ally, Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney.

The presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature, Peter Schmitt of Massapequa, praised the budget plan from his Republican ally.

We got a good peek at this crafty, high - level cynicism at the 2009 corruption trial where Espada's former Republican ally, Joe Bruno, was convicted of using his office to win high - paying private clients.

«Let this be your guide,» he told his Republican ally.

At the New York Thruway Authority, Mr. Cuomo has placed his longtime Republican ally Joanne M. Mahoney, the Onondaga County executive.

Along with Coleman, U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei, D - Syracuse, and Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney, a key Republican ally of Cuomo, are also scheduled to participate.

Cuomo is giving a boost to Onondaga County executive Joanie Mahoney — a dutiful Republican ally who is expected at Wednesday's State of the State speech in Syracuse — as she fights to revive an effort to merge her government with the City of Syracuse.

He was met by Howe, who worked as his deputy chief of staff at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, executives from COR Development and Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney, a key Republican ally of the administration, according to public records and four people familiar with the event.

It would certainly benefit Trump at the state level to have a Republican ally in the executive mansion — especially in a Democrat - dominated state, where elected officials — from U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, the incoming Democratic minority leader, to Gov. Andrew Cuomo to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio — have vowed to oppose the new administration on multiple fronts.

President Donald Trump's plan to impose sharp cuts to foreign aid and domestic programs is running into opposition in Congress — and that's just from his Republican allies.

Republican allies of Trump have accused Mueller's team of bias, after it was revealed that an FBI agent working on the Russia probe had sent text messages critical of Trump.

Romney was a prominent Trump critic in the months leading up to last fall's election, and many of his Republican allies were prominent voices in the «Never Trump» movement.

On this issue among others — like funding the government, raising the federal borrowing limit and financing highways — such business groups have found themselves at odds with traditional Republican allies who increasingly reflect a new populist strain of conservatism in the party that is often hostile toward big business.

House Republicans allied with Trump have been ramping up attacks on Rosenstein.

There will also be inevitable blowback from business interests, but their Republican allies in Congress should think twice about backing them up: No party and no politician that opposes the new overtime rules can credibly claim to care about the middle class.

But no matter what happens, the release of the Nunes memo only serves to escalate the conflict between the FBI and the Department of Justice and Trump's Republican allies on Capitol Hill and in the White House itself.

Despite these glaring slip - ups, Trump and his Republican allies have stuck to their cover story in recent days.

If the sequester happens, the most likely scenario (as I see it) is that public pressure will result in some House Republicans allying with the House Democrats and a large majority in the Senate to restore the cuts after some face saving compromise that doesn't save the Republicans much face.

As Senator, Santorum was one of President Bush's key Republican allies in securing congressional funding for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), Bush's signature initiative aimed at combating HIV / AIDS in Africa.

The first was by President George W. Bush in 2006 - 2007 and the second by President Obama (and his Republican allies on this issue such as John McCain and Marco Rubio) in 2013 - 2014.

As reported here back in May, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) has parted ways with its former House Republican allies over the latter's controversial proposal, contained in the House Education & the Workforce Committee's Child Nutrition... [Continue reading]

As reported here back in May, the School Nutrition Association (SNA) has parted ways with its former House Republican allies over the latter's controversial proposal, contained in the House Education & the Workforce Committee's Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) bill, to block grant school food in three states.

I would hope the Senate Republicans would let their Republican allies in Washington know that this plan would be a disaster for New York.

«While Donald Trump and his Republican allies continue to roll back environmental protections, it is crucial that New York State steps up to protect our environment and serve as an example to the rest of the nation.»

If what's being reported is true, the Tories have learned well from their Republican allies: confuse, spread muck, grab power.

Mills and his Republican allies will have to do a better job of getting on the same page about who is responsible for defending the candidate when the Democratic attacks resume.

Trump is promising billions to help Texas rebuild from Harvey - caused epic flooding, but his Republican allies in the House are looking at cutting almost $ 1 billion from disaster accounts to help finance the president's border wall.

They will either have to defy their Republican allies by supporting the protocol - snubbing maneuver or vote down gun - safety measures they endorsed just a day earlier.

«The attacks from Trump and his Republican allies have been nothing short of a catastrophe for our nation,» said State Director Bill Lipton.

State Sen. Jeff Klein, a Bronx Democrat who leads the I.D.C., has had to carefully tread between the Republicans he allied with and liberal groups who could launch primary challenges if they feel he did not adequately deliver on progressive priorities.

Without the Governor's approval, it is criminally negligent of Scott Vanderhoef and his Republican allies in the legislature to count on the deficit bond being approved and treating it as cash - in - hand.

The meeting came one day after Mr. Trump had sided with Mr. Schumer in agreeing to a package to provide money for Hurricane Harvey relief, fund the government through mid-December and raise the nation's debt ceiling — bypassing his own Republican allies in Congress.

One of Skelos» Senate Republican allies, speaking on background, dismissed the idea of a leadership changes as academic.

Giuliani continues to use the questions directed at him to attack Democrats while avoiding any attacks on his Republican allies.

More accurately, they said, his Republican allies were offering to coordinate with Trump out of concern for down - ballot races.

U.S. Republican allies of Likud seized on the link to allege that President Obama is intervening in Israel's election against the prime minister, and also attacked One Voice.

Anti-choice extremist George Amedore, and his Republican allies should be ashamed of themselves for lying to the public.»

President - elect Donald Trump, in a free - flowing speech last night at a dinner honoring his running mate, Mike Pence, jabbed at his new Republican allies and his critics alike, questioned the ethics of «super PACs» and talked about creating a «merit - based» immigration system.

The former county executive did echo the thoughts of one of his Republican allies, former Gov. George Pataki, who has also been wary of the new president after his own unsuccessful White House run last year.

Angela Wozniak faces a rocky political road as Conservative and Republican allies questioned her future in the state Legislature and Democratic leaders suggested the Conservative Assemblywoman resign over an affair with a staff member.

Gov. Scott Walker and his Republican allies are making a big push this month to highlight the elimination of a state property tax that will save the owner of a typical home an estimated $ 27 a year.

«All Democrats should stand united as a voice against the Senate GOP and their accommodation of the dangerous rhetoric out of Trump and his Republican allies.

Rauner and his Republican allies have also pushed in negotiations to keep any eventual tax hike as low as possible.

The pledge indicates the signer's support for all ten points of the failed Women's Equality Act, which Cuomo's erstwhile Senate Republican allies opposed because of a provision that would bring state law on abortion in line with federal law.

«Cuomo and his Republican allies in the Senate have defied the courts» orders to fully fund the constitutionally required sound basic education.

Felder announced last week that he intends to stay with his Republican allies — making it likely the GOP will lead the Senate through at least the end of the legislative session in June.

Foster's victory is «a stunning rejection of the Bush administration, its Republican allies, and presidential nominee John McCain,» he said.

The bombshell developments were met with immediate outrage from conservatives and put pressure on the President's Republican allies in Congress

Privately, Mr. Trump's impulses had led him to ignore political protocols and his own Republican allies, like Speaker Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin and Mr. McConnell, who had groused about the president in recent days that the Senate would consider an immigration bill «as soon as we figure out what he is for.»